''Taleporia'' is a
genus
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of small
moths
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. It belongs to the
bagworm moth
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family
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(Psychidae). The "
wastebin genus
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" ''Solenobia'' is technically a
junior synonym
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of the present genus, but most of the species formerly placed there actually belong to other genera of
subfamilies
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Taleporiinae
The Psychidae (bagworm moths, also simply bagworms or bagmoths) are a family of the Lepidoptera ( butterflies and moths). The bagworm family is fairly small, with about 1,350 species described. Bagworm species are found globally, with some, s ...
and
Naryciinae (which is sometimes included in the former).
[See e.g. references in Savela (2009)]
Selected species
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Taleporia aethiopica''
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Taleporia amariensis''
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Taleporia anderegella''
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Taleporia austriaca''
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Taleporia autumnella''
Rebel, 1919
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Taleporia bavaralta''
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Taleporia borealis''
Wocke, 1862
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Taleporia caucasica''
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Taleporia clandestinella''
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Taleporia crepusculella''
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Taleporia discussa''
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Taleporia glabrella''
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Taleporia gozmanyi''
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Taleporia gramatella''
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Taleporia guenei''
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Taleporia hirta''
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Taleporia improvisella''
Staudinger, 1859
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Taleporia isozopha''
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Taleporia lefebvriella''
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Taleporia mesochlora''
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Taleporia minor''
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Taleporia minorella''
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Taleporia nana''
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Taleporia nigropterella''
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Taleporia politella''
(Ochsenheimer, 1816)
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Taleporia pseudobombycella''
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Taleporia pseudoimprovisella''
Witt & de Freina, 1984
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Taleporia sciacta''
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Taleporia shosenkyoensis''
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Taleporia szocsi''
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Taleporia tesserella''
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Taleporia triangularis''
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Taleporia trichopterella''
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Taleporia tubulosa''
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Taleporia zopha''
Footnotes
References
* (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
''Taleporia'' Version of 2009-JUL-07. Retrieved 2010-APR-10.
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Psychidae
Psychidae genera
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